发明申请
- 专利标题: Methods for Configuring Satellite Electrodes
- 专利标题(中): 卫星电极配置方法
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申请号: US12722462申请日: 2010-03-11
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公开(公告)号: US20100249883A1公开(公告)日: 2010-09-30
- 发明人: Mark J. Zdeblick
- 申请人: Mark J. Zdeblick
- 申请人地址: US CA Redwood City
- 专利权人: Proteus Biomedical, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Proteus Biomedical, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Redwood City
- 主分类号: A61N1/00
- IPC分类号: A61N1/00
摘要:
Techniques for controlling one or more modular circuits (“satellites”) that are intended for placement in a subject's body. The one or more satellites are controlled by sending signals over a bus that includes first and second conduction paths. Also coupled to the bus in system embodiments is a device such as a pacemaker that provides power and includes control circuitry. Each satellite includes satellite circuitry and one or more effectors that interact with the tissue. The satellite circuitry is coupled to the bus, and thus interfaces the controller to the one or more effectors, which may function as actuators, sensors, or both. The effectors may be electrodes that are used to introduce analog electrical signals (e.g., one or more pacing pulses) into the tissue in the local areas where the electrodes are positioned (e.g., heart muscles) or to sense analog signals (e.g., a propagating depolarization signal) within the tissue.